Burkina Faso halts plan to fight malaria with transgenic mosquitoes

Misinformation campaign may have eroded trust and led to a "brutal, humiliating" raid on a research center.

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Science
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2025-09-04
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aeb9850
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Biotechnology and Related Fields
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Burkina Faso halts plan to fight malaria with transgenic mosquitoes

Kai Kupferschmidt
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Burkina Faso halts plan to fight malaria with transgenic mosquitoes

Kai Kupferschmidt
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Abstract

Misinformation campaign may have eroded trust and led to a "brutal, humiliating" raid on a research center.

ScienceVol. 389(6764)
Openalex Percentile: Top 68%
Biotechnology and Related Fields
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